Birding highlights for the past 2 days


Snohomish County. Aug 15
Merlin, Black - Norman Rd
Merlin, Black - Eide Road
Peregrine Falcon - 2 Eide Rd
Barn Owl - active at 740AM, Eide Rd
Short-billed Dowitcher - 1 or more juv, Eide Rd
Lesser Yellowlegs - 20 juv, Eide Rd
Greater Yellowlegs - 2 juv, Eide Rd
Least Sandpiper - a few juvs, Eide Rd
Western Sandpiper - several hundred juv, Eide Rd
Western Sandpiper - 1 adult, nearly in basic plumage, Eide Rd


Jensen Access, Skagit County, Aug 15
Western Sandpiper - all over the beach
Least Sandpiper - a few mixed in
Semipalmated Plover - 2
Black-bellied Plover - 3
Whimbrel - 1


Skagit Game Range, Skagit County, Aug 15
not much in the way of shorebirds
Black Swift - 2 fly over


Channel Drive, Skagit County, Aug 15
SB Dowitcher - 1 juv
Least Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 2 juv
Bank Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1
Peregrine Falcon - 1 juv took a peep


Blaine, Whatcom County, Aug 15
Least Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 2 juv
Semipalmated Plover - 2
Short-billed Dowitcher 2 juv
Spotted Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Whimbrel - 1
Black-bellied Plover - 300+ on Semiahmoo Spit


Blaine, Whatcom County, Aug 16
Black-legged Kittewake - 1 juv
Whimbrel - 2
Greater Yellowlegs - 1
Semi Plover - 6
Least Sandpiper
West Sandpiper
Killdeer
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1






Marv Breece
Tukwila, WA
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